The county medical examiner's office has now identified the baby boy as Giovanni Soto, born on March, 23, 2013. The child's official cause of death will be determined by the county medical examiner at a later time.

According to a study from the Department of Geosciences at San Francisco University, there have been at least 24 deaths of children left unattended in vehicles so far this year. In 2012, that number was 33.